With only two weeks left to reach a deal, lawmakers supporting the bill that would levy a tax on financial transactions urged the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction in a Nov. 8 letter to adopt their proposal.

Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., is doing it again—partnering with Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, to present a bill to tax trades of stocks, bonds and derivatives. The two previously tried in 2009 to propose such a measure, but it failed.